The Ukrainian Atelier of Culture and Sports, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) and the Innovation Fund in Arts of the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg, presented a series of exhibition projects titled "SMS from Mariupol." This project serves as a photo diary from the occupied port city of Mariupol, which is enduring unbearably dark times amidst ruins, where hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless or without life.
The exhibition tells the personal story of the Koptev family. Oleg Koptev, a 20-year-old student at Kharkiv University, was evacuated from Kharkiv to Lviv in the early days of the Russian invasion. However, his parents were forced to remain in Mariupol. From March 4 to March 17, they hid from shelling in a basement. From the first days of the war, all residents of Mariupol lost internet and mobile connectivity, and later they were cut off from electricity, gas, heating, and water.
Liliya Kopteva, 47, wrote messages to her son, describing her life under constant bombardment as if in a diary. The exhibitions highlighted the experiences of various heroes trapped in the war-torn city of Mariupol. The photographs presented in the exhibition were taken by Ukrainian photojournalists Yevhen Malolietka and Myroslav Chernov.
The Ukrainian Atelier of Culture and Sports, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP) and the Innovation Fund in Arts of the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Württemberg, presented a series of exhibition projects titled "SMS from Mariupol." This project serves as a photo diary from the occupied port city of Mariupol, which is enduring unbearably dark times amidst ruins, where hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless or without life.
The exhibition tells the personal story of the Koptev family. Oleg Koptev, a 20-year-old student at Kharkiv University, was evacuated from Kharkiv to Lviv in the early days of the Russian invasion. However, his parents were forced to remain in Mariupol. From March 4 to March 17, they hid from shelling in a basement. From the first days of the war, all residents of Mariupol lost internet and mobile connectivity, and later they were cut off from electricity, gas, heating, and water.
Liliya Kopteva, 47, wrote messages to her son, describing her life under constant bombardment as if in a diary. The exhibitions highlighted the experiences of various heroes trapped in the war-torn city of Mariupol. The photographs presented in the exhibition were taken by Ukrainian photojournalists Yevhen Malolietka and Myroslav Chernov.
UAPP is an independent association of professional Ukrainian photographers, designed to protect their interests, support, develop and promote Ukrainian photography as an important element of national culture.
UAPP's activities span educational, social, research and cultural initiatives, as well as book publishing.
UAPP represents Ukrainian professional photography in the international photographic community and is an official member of the Federation of European Photographers (FEP) — an international organization representing more than 50,000 professional photographers in Europe and other countries around the world.
